When In Rome: The Promise (Not Kept)

The Italian Open didn't deliver the equal prize money it said would come in 2025.

Angelo Binaghi making a speech earlier this year at the Quirinal Palace in Rome. (Photo via Presidenza della Repubblica)

A little over two years ago, Angelo Binaghi made a big promise.

Binaghi, the president of the Federation of Italian Tennis (FIT), announced in April 2023 that his country’s biggest tournament—the Italian Open in Rome, officially called …